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Six rescued from burning block of flats in south Belfast
Wednesday, 17 January 2007
Six people have been rescued from a block of flats in south Belfast following a suspected arson attack on the building overnight.
The six, who included a Chinese family, became trapped in the three-storey building on Eglantine Avenue after a mattress and bundles of paper were apparently set alight in a ground-floor escape corridor.
Most of the victims were rescued from window ledges and needed treatment for shock and smoke inhalation.
The Fire and Rescue Service says there might have been a tragedy if working fire alarms had not been fitted.
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